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Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Susanna Mine ; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Photo: Steve Rust

Old lead-zinc mining area, part of the Leadhills-Wanlockhead Mining District (see Wanlockhead, http://www.mindat.org/loc-2894.html).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Azurite
Baryte
Bechererite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite (TL)
Cassedanneite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chenite (TL)
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cobaltite
Cornwallite
Covellite

Crocoite
Cyanotrichite
Descloizite
Dolomite
Dundasite
Elyite
Erythrite
Fassinaite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Goslarite
Greenockite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Lanarkite (TL)

Langite
Leadhillite (TL)
Linarite
Macphersonite (TL)
Magnesite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mattheddleite (TL)
Mimetite
Minium
Mottramite
Olivenite
Palygorskite
Phoenicochroite
Plattnerite (TL)
Plumbogummite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
var: Collieite

Quartz
Queitite
Redgillite
Scotlandite (TL)
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Steverustite
Stolzite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite (TL)
Tenorite
Titanite
'Unnamed (Cu-Pb Silicate ?)'
Vanadinite
~~Vauquelinite~~
'Wad'
Wulfenite
var: Vanadian Wulfenite

105 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Scotland
- Strathclyde (Lanarkshire)
  - South Lanarkshire
    - Leadhills
      - Broad Law
        Broadlaw Vein
        Reids Vein & Wilsons Vein
        Straitbrae Vein
      - Bulmer Moss
        Bulmer Vein
        Middle Grain Vein
      - Glasgow Vein
      - Glen Ea's Hill
        Glen Ea's Vein
      - Haddingtons (Road) Vein
      - Horners Vein (Jeffrey's Vein; Carse's Vein)
      - Katystaklin Vein
      - Laverock Hall
        Laverock Hall Vein
        Sarrowcole Vein
      - Long Cleugh
        Long Cleugh Vein
      - Meadowhead Vein
      - Mill Vein
      - Mine Hill-Broad Law
        Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level)
      - Mine Hill
        Browns Vein

Scotland
- Strathclyde (Lanarkshire)
  - South Lanarkshire
    - Leadhills

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References

- Temple, A. K. (1956): Leadhills-Wanlockhead lead and zinc deposits. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 63, 85-113.
- Gillanders, R.J. (1981): Famous mineral localities: the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, Scotland. Mineralogical Record, 12(4), 235-250.
- Paar, W. H. (1983): Leadhills-Wanlockhead. Lapis 8 (9), 9-15 (in German).
- Davidson, P. (1998): Leadhills und Wanlockhead - Gottes Schatzhaus in Schottland. Zwei weltberühmte Fundorte - vorgestellt in Hamburg. Mineralien-Welt, 9 (6), 18-20. (in German)
- Jackson, B. (2011): The Mining History and Mineralogy of the Leadhills Orefield, Scotland. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 46:5-9

External Links

- http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/

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